DECATUR — Margaret Evans, 94, admits she has been a thorn in people's sides for a long time.
Margaret Evans poses for a portrait on the trail through the forest on her property in Decatur on Aug. 29. Evans is the first recipient of the Macon County Community Environmental Council’s Environmental Stewardship Award.
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Margaret Evans poses for a portrait in her backyard garden in Decatur on Aug. 29. Evans is the first recipient of the Macon County Community Environmental Council’s Environmental Stewardship Award.
Flowers bloom in the backyard garden of Margaret Evans in Decatur on Aug. 29. Evans is the first recipient of the Macon County Community Environmental Council’s Environmental Stewardship Award.
Margaret Evans walks through her property, surrounded by wooded area, in Decatur on Aug. 29. Evans is the first recipient of the Macon County Community Environmental Council’s Environmental Stewardship Award.
Fish swim in the pond in the backyard garden of Margaret Evans in Decatur on Aug. 29. Evans is the first recipient of the Macon County Community Environmental Council’s Environmental Stewardship Award.
From the archives: Historical photos of Central Park, Decatur's front yard
1936: Shown is part of the crowd of WPA employees who gathered around a radio in Central Park on a Saturday afternoon to hear a broadcast by Harry L. Hopkins, national administrator.
1984: This aerial view of downtown Decatur shows Central Park in the foreground and Sears to the left.
1931: This aerial view of downtown Decatur shows the Citizen's Building and Central Park.
1989: Cameron Barnett, 3 1/2, perched on the shoulders of his dad, Dave, studies an exhibit Saturday at the Downtown Decatur Art Fair in Central Park. The fair, featuring everything from oil paintings to pottery to jewelry, continues today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
1968: Participants in unemployment parade posed in Central Park in 1932.
1958: Decatur City buses used Central Park as a transfer point. The change from the Transfer House to Central Park accompanied the new one-way street plan. The buses recently returned to the Transfer House.
1942: Sgt. D. Bonomo (left), who hails from Brooklyn, gave a snappy demonstration of arms inspection as guard mount ceremonies were presented in a public demonstration at Central Park.
1943: Left to right, Paul Zeidler, Carl Norman, Larry Ernst, Bill O'Dell and James Amon were giving an anti-aircraft gun a "going over" in Central Park.
1943: Soldiers and civilians will be brought face to face in Decatur where they will have an opportunity to discuss the manufacture and use of war materials. Displays of Decatur-made war equipment, some of which is used in tanks like the this one was on display in Central Park.
1987: The patriotic make the pledge of allegiance in Central Park during a celebration of the U.S. Constitution.
1936: The first heavy snowfall of the season on Dec. 19 delighted children as they visited the Christmas village in Central Park.
1968: Children in downtown visited this giant plastic Easter egg in Central Park. The human sized rabbit show was sponsored by the Downtown Decatur Council.
1988: Dee Musgrave waves from sleigh during a trip around Decatur's Central Park.
1950: Central Park fountain.
1941: Santa Claus made his headquarters in the Central Park Christmas village.
1961: The Civil War monument in Decatur's Central Park is shown.
1985: Plenty of veterans turned out in uniform for the Veterans Day ceremony in Central Park.
1948: Mildred and Phyllis Hines of Eldorado Street and Irene Cook of North Merchant Street, left to right, beat the heat by swimming in the pool of Central Park's fountain.
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Donnette Beckett
"Together Decatur" Columnist and Food/Drink Reporter
